Automobile tire-rack.



E. DOWNING.

AUTOMOBILE TlRE RACK.

APPLICATION man 050.1,19ns.

Patehted July 17', 1917.

EDWARDDOWNING, OF SAN FRANCTSCO, CALIFORNIA, .ASSIGNOR TO HGOVERSPRINGCO., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALICFQRNIA.

AUTOMOBILE TIRE-RACK.

Application filed December 1, 1916. Serial No. 134,285.

To all whom, it may concern:

. Be it known that I, EDWARD DowNING, a citizen of the United States of.America, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Automobile Tire-Racks, of which the following is a specification,reference be i had to the accompanying drawings.

1 is invention relates to improvements in automobile tire-racks andparticularly to improvements in the tire-racks described and shown inUnited States Patent No. 1150696 granted Llewelyn Arthur .Nares August17, 1915, and United States Patent No. 1197272 granted ine September 5,1916;

and an object of this invention is to sim-.

plify and 'to cheapen the construction of the tire-racks disclosed inthe above-named patents and to make them more efficient in operation.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and thebest mode new known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is afront elevation of the tire-rack; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side. elevation.

The base-ring a (as in the case of the base-ring of my patenthereinbefore' referred to) is formed with an outwardly-projecting lip orflangeb. To this flange 6, there is fastened a pair of arm-hangers c,which are mounted at points diametrically opposite each other. By meansof a pivotpin or hinge-pin d, there is hingedly con nected to each ofthese hangers 0 the inner end of a swinging arm e. As is clearlydisclosed in Fig. 2, these hinge-pins d lie outside the base-ring a and,when the arms 6 are swung into working or locking position, they arearrested and their outward travel is limited by the ring a. To swing thearms e on their pivot-pins (2, there is provided a pair of toggle-linksf, f, which are hingedly connectedto thearms e by pins 6" that liewithin the outer ends thereof, which ends are formed withoutwardly-turned lips e. By within the outer ends, it ishere meant thatthe pins e lie nearer the base-ring a than do the outer ends of the armse. About midway and on the outside of each of the arms 6, there isfastened a tire-separator 9 formed with flanges g, g, which, togetherwith the flange band lips c, serve as stops Specification of LettersPatent.

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the toggle-links 7, f

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or rests for the tires h. The arms 6 are pro vided with facing-pieces eof canvaslike material. The toggle-link f is bifurcated at its inner endand", between the branches 7 of this forked end, there'is held, by a'look i, the inner end of the toggle link f. When the-lock i is removedand the toggle-links tire-rack may be mounted by fastening the.

base-ring a to the bracket m carried by the vehicle-body n.

By-arranging the hinge-pin connections 6" on the inside of the arme andwithin the free end or lip e of the same, the arm 6 may not only be madeshorter and neater in appearance but the arm 6 may also be formed withthe lip e and the tire is thus held in place and, at the same time,saved from wear due to the rubbingaction of the outer end of the armthereagainst, when the same is manipulated.

By mounting the arms e Within the baserlng a and having the flange 6thereof extend outwardly, the latter serves as a rest or stop for theinner tire and the base-ring a itself serves as a stop to limit theoutward swing of the'arms e. The outwardly-turned free ends 6 of thearms 6 serve to lock the outer tire on the same, while the flange g ofthe tire-separator 9 serves the same purpose with respect to the innertire. W The flange 9 serves as a rest or stop for the outer By fasteningthe outer ends of the toggle-links '7, f, to the inside of the arms 6and within the outer ends thereof, the outer tire is. safeguarded fromwear and chafing due to the movement of the hinge- ]oint e Again, by theprovision of the tire-separators g, the tires are safeguarded fromchafing due to rubbing of the tires upon eachother. Furthermore, ing theouter ends of the toggle-links f, f, to the inside of the'free ends ofthe arms e at a distance within the same, the pressure of on the arms eis so dlstributed as to be much more even whereby springing of the arms6 near t e base by connectring a is prevented and slipping of the innertire (which slipping would be induced by such springing) is avoided.

I claim;

1. A tire-rack including a base-ring; a pair of arms hingedly fastenedthereto; and mounted free to swing within saidbasering; and a pair oftoggle-links the outer ends of which are hingedly fastened to the insideof said arms within the free ends thereof.

2. A tire-rack including a base-ring; a pair of arms hingedly fastenedthereto at their inner ends and having their free ends formed withoutwardly-turnedlips that look the tires on the arms; flangedtire-separators on the latter; and a pair of toggle-links the outer endsof which are hingedly fastened to the inside of said arms.

3. A tire-rack including a basering Copies of this patent may heobtained for formed With an outwardly-extending flange; a pair ofarm-hangers fastened to said flange and projecting beyond said ring; apair of arms hingedly fastened to the projecting parts of saidarm-hangers and mounted free to swing within said base-ring, thefree'ends of said arms being formed with outwardlyturned lips thatsecure the tires in place; and a pair of toggle-links the outer ends ofwhich are hingedly fastened to the inside of said arms Signed at SanFrancisco in the county of San Francisco and State of California, this21st day of November, A. D., 1916, in the presence of the twoundersigned witnesses.

EDWARD DOWN ING.

Witnesses:

B. WILSON, Roy 0. Bnooxs.

Washington, D. 0.

